Steve Carr Quotes
I learned how to tell stories with Jay-Z on 'City Is Mine.' I learned how to film and choreograph dancing on 'Can I Get A...,' and I got to kind of be a documentary filmmaker with 'Hard Knock Life.'
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.
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A lot of my friends are getting married, but I don't think that is what I need. I am under no such pressure that if everybody is having a boyfriend, I too should have one.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
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Stop the traffic...let 'em through.
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I think one of the core ideas in America has always been conversation and being able to question our systems of government, and being able to dictate our own communities and how we want this country to work. And I feel like we're losing part of that because of the way that even our current political campaign is centered more around celebrity than anything else, and so we're kind of losing conversation. We're still having conversations, but they seem to be more about like Donald Trump's hair and like memes of his face more than anything else.
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Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.
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Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?
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Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.
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This decree is very serious and we will not allow it to pass unopposed. (on Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze)
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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
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I'll have ideas in my head of what I want to say, but I need a beat to inspire me. So I would just say something as simple as, "Can you try something at 103 BPM with a reversed hi-hat and use an electric piano?" And then it just grows from that.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
